Towel-cabinet.



R. F. LEMEN. TWEL CABINET. APPLICATION FILED M1115, 191s.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

'ROBERT F, LEMEN, OF EAST ST. LOUISv` ILLINOIS.

TOWEIrCABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 15, Millet.

.Application filed March 15, 1913. Serial No. 754,580.

To all ywhom yit lmay concern Be it known that l, ROBERT F. Lnzirnx, acitizen or' the United States, residing at East St. Louis, in the countyof St. Clair and State of illinois, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Towel-Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of towel cabinets in which the towelsare strung on a rod.

The objects of the invention are to provide a cabinet of the rod type inwhich the towels may be locked within the cabinet, leaving one exposedfor use; to provide the rod with an offset exterior to the cabinet tosupport a towel in position for use; to provide an exterior extension ofthe rod leading from this towel supporting offset up along-v side thecabinet into and across a top compartment so that the towel, whensoiled, may be moved up the rod and into said top chamber out ot' view;to provide the cabinet between its towel compartments with a shelf forcomb, brush and soap. These objects I accomplish by the constructionshown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective ofa towel cabinet with my improvements applied thereto, the door beingopen. Fig. 2 is a front elev tion of the cabinet with the towels inplace. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the cabinet closed, and Fig. t showsone of the double or endless towels.

A designates the cabinet having a door A, carrying a mirror. The cabinet has a top compartment B closed except at its top, which islettopen, and the bottom b of this compartment is provided withventilating openings o. There is a shelf b2 in the larger lowerclean-towel compartment C upon which may be placed various toiletarticles.

D is the towel rod which extends from the right hand end of soiled-towelcompartment B, to which it is ixedly secured, as at (Z, across saidcompartment, out through an opening o and downwardly, as at d', alongthe exterior of the cabinet and under the bottom thereof, as at (Z2. toan opening b. The rod D then extends up through the opening or* in theclean-towel compartment in. the form of an inverted U. The free end ol"this l,isliaped member is provided with a suitable fastening means,suoli as a padlock E,

li designates the towels, which are endless like roller towels. Eachtowel has an eyelet or grommet f extending through both layers or folds.In operation the free end of the rod D is swung out and the clean towelsare strung thereon, as shown in Fig. 2, say a weeks supply. A towel ismoved along the rod l) until it rests upon thc supporting offset dthereof, where it will hang ready for use. lVhen soiled, the towel willbe moved up on the rod and inwardly thereon into the top compartment B,where the soiled towels will be out of sight, though exposed to the air.

The door must be unlocked by some one in authority every time a cleantowel is to be brought into use and thus wastefulness is checked andunauthorized persons prevented from gaining access to the clean supply.

lVhile I have shown the double towels, single towels may, ol course, beused.

Vhat I claim is:

l. A towel cabinet provided with a lower compartment for clean towels,an upper compartment for soiled towels, a rod secured at one end in theupper compartment extending thence downwardly along the exterior of thecabinet, thence laterally under the cabinet to form a towel support, andthence upwardly into the lower compartment to receive the clean towels.

2. A towel cabinet provided with an. upper compartment open at its upperside, a lower compartment open at its t'ront, an opening boing formed inthe bottom of the lower compartment and another opening in one end otthe upper compartment, a rod sccnred at one end in the end of the topcomi srtment and extending across said compar ment ani. out through itsend opening, 1;

thence down alongside the cabinet, thence laterally under the cabinet toform a towel supporting offset, and thence up thi-olaja the bottomopening and formed within the lower compartment with a n-shaped member,the free end of which extends down to the bottom thereof, and a doorclosing the lower compartment.

A towel cabinet comprising an upper open top compartn'icnt for soiledtowels, a lower open Jiront compartment for clean towels having a recessin the front edge of one of its walls, a door closing the lower lflScompartment and also closing said( recess,

' mide towel rod secured at its upper end in the upper compartment andextending thence rlownwardly exterior 'tol the cabinet and through saidedge recess into the lower compartment to receive a pile of cleantowels;

' whereby the towels may only7 be moved along lthe red .and through therecess for 'suspen- Witnesses GEO. D. PFEIFFENBERGER,

C. S. GATES.

